#BDC2AE#BDC2AE

#BDC2AE is a light, muted yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.525; OKLCH L 80.5% C 0.028 H 118.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDC2AE
RGB	rgb(189, 194, 174)
HSL	hsl(75, 14%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(75, 10%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.6%, 0%, 10.3%, 23.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.55, -5.31, 9.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.55, 10.86, 119.27°)
OKLab	oklab(80.46% -0.0133 0.0246)
OKLCH	oklch(80.46% 0.028 118.4)
XYZ	xyz(47.9170, 52.4585, 47.6373)
Luminance	0.5246 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDC2AE #B3AEC2

analogous

#C2BDAE #BDC2AE #B3C2AE

triadic

#BDC2AE #AEBDC2 #C2AEBD

tetradic

#BDC2AE #AEC2BD #B3AEC2 #C2AEB3

square

#BDC2AE #AEC2BD #B3AEC2 #C2AEB3

split-complementary

#BDC2AE #AEB3C2 #BDAEC2

monochromatic

#838C6A #A1A88B #BDC2AE #D9DCD1 #F1F2EE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.83

#BDC2AE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.49

#BDC2AE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDC2AE

11.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDC2AE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDC2AE	1.00	1.83	11.49	11.49
#FFFFFF	1.83	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.49	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.49	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C5C0AD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C4C0AF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BFC0BC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C0C0C0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdc2ae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 194, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.5% 0.028 118.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0d4c6',
    500: '#bdc2ae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdc2ae;
$custom-light: #d0d4c6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdc2ae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 194,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 75,
    "s": 14.085,
    "l": 72.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80457,
    "c": 0.02803,
    "h": 118.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.52458
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDC2AE

secondary

#847F96

accent

#4D9860

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FBFBF9

border

#D4D4D2

text

#141413

muted

#838382

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDC2AE

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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